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Francis (JR) Babineau, PE is a building scientist and solar technology leader for Johns Manville. Although he’s been working with Johns Manville for more than 15 years, he’s just recently become a member of the Home Energy Board of Directors. [continue reading]

The electric industry is good at building things. That’s how it solves problems. Is there a threat of blackouts? Develop a new natural gas-fired plant. Worried about climate change? Build wind and solar power. Does electricity cost too much? Install a transmission line to import cheaper power.[continue reading]

Energy auditors and retrofitters know that it’s hard to sell the benefits of energy efficiency to homeowners. But the truth is that energy efficient upgrades save homeowners money, help sell homes quicker, and yield a higher profit when on the real estate market.[continue reading]

Q. Have you ever heard of back plaster? The house we bought a couple of years ago has been diagnosed with this malady, and apparently it’s not uncommon for houses built around the turn of the century where I live to have it. It involves a second layer of lath and plaster inside the exterior walls between the studs, spaced about 2 inches from the inside of the regular lath/plaster, and about ¾ ...[continue reading]

While listening to Peter Troast of Energy Circle and Allison Bailes of Energy Vanguard speak in front of a room about social media and Internet marketing for the home performance industry, it's easy for your head to feel like it may explode. In the best possible way, of course.[continue reading]

Carrier Corporation, the largest air conditioning producer in the world, introduced their new home performance program, at the ACI National Home Performance Conference in Baltimore, for Carrier factory authorized dealers and their residential customers. This is a big vote of confidence for the home performance industry from a major U.S. manufacturer. [continue reading]

To kick-off the 26th annual ACI National conference on March 28, nearly 1,700 attendees gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center for the opening plenary. Along with a warm welcome and opening remarks, the stage presented awards to two of our industry’s visionaries. [continue reading]

The ACI National conference kicks off next week in Baltimore, and this year - along with the usual top-notch educational sessions and presenters - attendees can look forward to the launch of the Women in Home Performance. The organization's mission is to promote women in the industry while strategically engaging businesses and organizations (of which are not commonly integrated into opportunities) in order to help expand the industry.[continue reading]

Theresa Gilbride is a scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where she works on projects in support of DOE’s Building America program. She’s also a member of the Home Energy editorial board—and we’re willing to be that’s not all you don’t know about her.[continue reading]

Miletus Group, an architecture firm that specializes in sustainable building practices in onsite, prefab, and modular offsite homes, recently made a big announcement: they've achieved carbon neutrality in all of their production facilities and offices. A first in the field, the achievement has also led the company to reach even higher, striving for net zero emissions by 2030 in accordance with the American Institute of Architects’ AIA 2030 Commitment program. (The AIA Commitment program’...[continue reading]